Scilab Data type
Last update : 6/12/2005

Compound_properties - description of the Compound entity properties

### Description

The Compound entity is a third of the graphics entities hierarchy. This entity defines interdependencies of the various graphics entities and their global visibility property.

  parent: This property contains the handle of the parent. The parent of the text entity should be of the type `"Axes"` or `"Compound"`.
  children: A vector containing the handles of all graphics objects children of the Compound These graphics objects can be of type `"Compound"`, `"Rectangle"`, `"Polyline"`, `"Patch"`, `"Segs"`, `"Arc"`, `"Grayplot"`,..
  visible: This field contains the `visible` property value for the entity . It should be `"on"` or `"off"`. By default, value is `"on"` where graphics entities children of the Compound are drawn according to their visibility property. If `"off"` all children of Compound are not displayed on the screen.
  user_data: This field can be use to store any scilab variable in the figure data structure, and to retreive it.

### See Also

`glue`, `unglue`, `graphics_entities`,

### Author

Djalel ABDEMOUCHE